Prankster11 Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Has anyone put an urchin in their nano? If so, can you please share tank size, type of urchin, and other life stock? Link to comment
ssteven1 Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 I have a red tuxedo Urchin in my 15 gallon nano for about a year. I great. It will pick up frags and carry them around sometimes. They can eat coraline algae but I have not noticed a difference in my tank. I really cool critter. I have 3 hemit crabs, a fire fish, and Green Clown Goby, soft and LPS corals. It is sitting on the middle rock in this picture. Link to comment
LVCaniac Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 ive had a purple pincushion for over a year in my original 10 gallon that eventually changed into a 20 gal and now a 50 gallon. he loves eating dried seaweed and is constantly picking shells up to cover himself ive got 2 clowns, a lawnmower blenny, cleaner shrimp, scarlet hermits, soft, lps, sps corals Link to comment
chrisinator Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 Would multiple urchins be a problem? I'm planning to add a tuxedo urchin and a pink cushion urchin in the same tank. Thanks! Link to comment
Steensj2004 Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 I have a pink tuxedo.... He is great. Glue down your frags though,lol, the take em everywhere. Mine need to be fed, he started to lose some spines and I figured it was because as starving. He will take everything I can give him.... He is a fatty. I use green seaweed sheets, I give home a quarter sized piece every day- every other day. Link to comment
vegasgundog Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 http://s1282.photobucket.com/user/endarro1/media/20140611_210806_zpsicc4bzva.jpg.html'> Pincushion in my 29bc. Had a terrible time with dictyota algae and he's completely knocked it down. He's taking care of the byprosis too if I mow it down a little first , don't like the long stuff. At this rate I'll be having to feed him seaweed soon. He's also terrible about rearranging my tank, bee. Carrying this piece of gsp around for about 2 weeks now. Guess I'll let him keep it. Link to comment
Steve973 Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 I had a long-spine urchin in my 29 gallon tank for a while. It really helped with algae, but it's probably not a permanent solution for that kind of urchin in that size tank. I had snails, LPS, SPS, zoanthids, hermits, clowns. Urchins are awesome! Link to comment
nicholc2 Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Red Tuxedo here too. As with anything, multiples are ok as long as your params are stable and you give them enough food. Make sure you've waited long enough for everything to be stable before adding one. Other than that, you should be good. Link to comment
Prankster11 Posted June 18, 2014 Author Share Posted June 18, 2014 what would you guys say is the minimum tank size for a tuxedo urchin is? Link to comment
chrisinator Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 I would say it really depends on the amount of algae you have present... if you have a ton all the time, then two in a 10G but I would say 1 should be plentiful. Link to comment
Prankster11 Posted June 19, 2014 Author Share Posted June 19, 2014 I would say it really depends on the amount of algae you have present... if you have a ton all the time, then two in a 10G but I would say 1 should be plentiful. What types of algae do they eat? Link to comment
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